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Issue 2206263002: Add Lock::HandlesMultipleThreadPriorities(). (Closed) Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git@master
Patch Set: CR gab #18 Created 4 years, 4 months ago
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Index: base/synchronization/lock.h
diff --git a/base/synchronization/lock.h b/base/synchronization/lock.h
index c2680cbcc8a145be5ce3556a76e071e595997d7a..599984e8b6dc509de30b4426e166fdb42e82b63b 100644
--- a/base/synchronization/lock.h
+++ b/base/synchronization/lock.h
@@ -61,13 +61,22 @@ class BASE_EXPORT Lock {
void AssertAcquired() const;
#endif // DCHECK_IS_ON()
+ // Whether Lock mitigates priority inversion when used from different thread
+ // priorities.
+ static bool HandlesMultipleThreadPriorities() {
#if defined(OS_POSIX)
- // Whether this platform has priority inheritance available. All locks will
- // attempt to use the priority inheritance version if available.
- static bool PriorityInheritanceAvailable() {
+ // POSIX mitigates priority inversion by setting the priority of a thread
+ // holding a Lock to the maximum priority of any other thread waiting on it.
return internal::LockImpl::PriorityInheritanceAvailable();
- }
+#elif defined(OS_WIN)
+ // Windows mitigates priority inversion by randomly boosting the priority of
+ // ready threads.
+ // https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/ms684831.aspx
+ return true;
+#else
+#error Unsupported platform
#endif
+ }
#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_WIN)
// Both Windows and POSIX implementations of ConditionVariable need to be
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